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Thursday2nd Oct 2025
News PS Studios Celebrates Launch of Ghost of Yotei on PS5 with Gorgeous Artwork
Wolf pack
Another PS Studios game has launched, and that means a new wave of lovely original artwork from fellow first-party teams. Ghost of Yotei arrives today, 2nd October 2025, and to celebrate Sucker Punch's sequel, other teams in Sony's ranks are posting art on social media. As of right now, there are only a couple of examples, but as North...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
- Art
News Rock Band 4 to Be Delisted from PS Store After 10 Years of Support
Party's over
Rock Band 4, Harmonix's legendary musical rhythm game, is soon to become unavailable. On the developer's Discord and the game's subreddit, the team confirmed to fans that the game will be delisted from digital storefronts, including PS Store of course, on 5th October 2025. This is due to music licences for the title's base soundtrack...
- Harmonix
- PS4
- Rock Band 4
News Marvel Cosmic Invasion's Unannounced Final Characters Have Leaked Online
Find out who rounds out the roster
Promising comic book beat-'em-up Marvel Cosmic Invasion has been drip-feeding its roster of playable characters for months, and with just two more to reveal, the surprise has unfortunately been spoiled early by leaks. Spoilers: The unannounced characters are named below. A demo recently released on PC has been...
- Dotemu
- PS5
- PS4
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion
- Leaks
News KPop Demon Hunters Show Fortnite How It's Done with Special Mode, Outfits, More
Live right now
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably at least aware of KPop Demon Hunters — a Netflix movie from Sony Pictures Animation that's taken the world by storm. Well, it looks as though it'll soon be crossing paths with the ever-popular everything game, Fortnite. First, the official account for Fortnite replied to Rei...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Fortnite
News 'It's Not Just About Adding More': Persona 4 Revival Producer Wants to Get the Remake Right
Golden
As you'd expect, Atlus isn't quite ready to talk about Persona 4 Revival in any real detail just yet — but that hasn't stopped series producer Kazuhisa Wada from commenting the team's approach to such a project. In a fresh interview with Japanese outlet 4Gamer (as translated by Persona Central), the interviewer pushes Wada to say something...
- Atlus
- PS5
- Persona
News Sports Games Rule PS Store in September, Sweeping Silksong and Borderlands 4 Aside on PS5
Balls out
Despite September being packed with highly anticipated titles, the PS Store charts were topped by two annual sports games: NBA 2K26 in the North America, and EA Sports FC 26 in Europe. This result shouldn't really comes as any huge surprise; there's a damn good reason why these sports sims are wheeled out every 12 months. Still, to see...
- PS Store
- Sales
- Charts
- PS5
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Tops 200 Characters, Teases Yet More DLC in 2026
It's over 200!
To no one's surprise, Bandai Namco will continue supporting Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero into 2026, with the game's new trailer teasing an announcement for January. Believe it or not, the bombastic brawler's been out for close to an entire year at this point, having initially launched for PS5 on the 11th October, 2024. In that time,...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Dragon Ball
- Trailers
Wednesday1st Oct 2025
News New PS5 Firmware Update Is Available to Download Now
What does version 25.06-12.02.00 do?
Happy Wednesday everyone, and it is a happy one, because Sony has released a new PS5 firmware update. Taking the console's system software to version 25.06-12.02.00, the patch is available to download and install right now, weighing in at about 1.3 GB. So, what does it do? Here's the official patch note,...
- Sony
- PS5
- Firmware Updates
News PS Plus Extra Loses Two More PS5, PS4 Games in October 2025
Last Chance to Play section gets a refresh
In addition to the four PS5, PS4 games set to leave PS Plus Extra in October 2025, the Last Chance to Play section of the service has been updated with a further two titles. A total of six games now leave PS Plus Extra on 21st October, which are as follows: The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
News PS Plus Looks Better Than Ever After New Xbox Game Pass Price Rises
Xbox 360 dollars per year
How would you feel about paying $30 per month for PS Plus Premium? While the two subscription services aren't exact copies of one another, with Xbox Game Pass offering considerably more day one titles, that's now how much a monthly subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will cost as of today. Microsoft has confirmed that...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
- Xbox Game Pass
News Silent Hill 2's Overdue PS5 Pro Fixes Now in Konami's Hands
Bloober Team not in charge of things
The fixes planned for Silent Hill 2 when running on a PS5 Pro have ended up in the hands of Konami, instead of Bloober Team. The developer said "publishing matters are handled by Konami" when asked about optimisation issues on a PS5 Pro, insinuating it's not got anything to do with the fixes anymore. Previously,...
- Konami
- PS5
- Silent Hill
News Ghost of Yotei Gets a Near Perfect Score in Japan's Most Famous Gaming Magazine
But it can't beat Tsushima
Famous Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has just dropped its latest issue — and it features a review for Ghost of Yotei. The PS5 exclusive, which releases tomorrow at the time of writing, has been handed a near perfect score of 39/40. For Famitsu, this is a rare occurrence; only 30 games — by our count — have ever...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
- Japan
Review Digimon Story Time Stranger (PS5) - Monster Taming RPG Squanders So Much Potential
De-digivolution
The core of Digimon Story Time Stranger is fantastic. As is the case with the Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth games, the underlying system of discovering, raising, and evolving your Digimon is where this long-awaited RPG excels. However, all too often, Time Stranger stands in its own way, sidelining its brilliantly addictive gameplay...
- Reviews
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Digimon Story Time Stranger
News Don't Be Like This GTA 6 'Fan' Who Flew to Scotland Just to Harass Rockstar Staff
Come on now
Grand Theft Auto 6 is due for release on 26th May, 2026, and it's quite comfortably the most hotly anticipated game of next year — probably of the PS5's whole lifespan, even. The fervour for new information, trailers, gameplay — basically anything — is off the charts, with hungry fans begging Rockstar at all opportunities for...
- Rockstar Games
- PS5
- GTA 6
News Ghost of Yotei's London Billboard Is One of the Coolest Ads We've Seen in Ages
Cutting edge marketing
Ghost of Yotei launches tomorrow, 2nd October 2025, and so it's the time to shine for PlayStation's marketing teams. The company has routinely done some brilliant marketing campaigns and installations in the past, with London often playing host to some of its best efforts. That's no different for Sucker Punch's sequel, which...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
News PlayStation Puts Its Entire Slate of PC Ports in a Steam Sale
Get anywhere from 20% to 80% off
If you've been waiting on discounts to build up your collection of PC versions for PlayStation-published titles, right now is the perfect opportunity to pull the trigger. Except for the very latest releases (Lost Soul Aside and Midnight Murder Club), every single PS5, PS4 game Sony has ever ported to PC is now on...
- Sony
- PC
News Ubisoft and Tencent's New Company Stewards Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, More Starting Today
Reportedly named Vantage Studios
Ubisoft's joint venture with Tencent reportedly begins operations today, and its name is Vantage Studios. The company is a subsidiary of the European games publisher, and partially funded/owned by the Chinese conglomerate. According to VGC, Vantage Studios settled on its name by staff vote, and 1st October 2025...
- Ubisoft
- Tencent
- PS5
- Industry
Rumour Mass Effect, Dragon Age Studio BioWare Braced for Layoffs After EA's Buyout Agreement
Big changes ahead
BioWare, the once revered RPG studio, reportedly finds itself in a precarious position following the news of EA's planned acquisition. If you're not quite up to speed on the situation, the publisher, which is BioWare's parent company, has agreed to a $55 billion buyout. An investor consortium made up of the Saudi Arabian Public...
- EA
- BioWare
- Industry
News Silent Hill 1 Remake Now a Big Focus at Bloober Team, Could Make Cronos 2
Cronos called a "huge success" at launch
Bloober Team has announced that its remake of Silent Hill is now in the hands of one of its two main production teams, making it the main focus of the Polish developer's efforts alongside a second, unannounced project. The update was shared in an investor discussion involving CEO Piotr Babieno and Vice...
- Konami
- PS5
- Silent Hill
- Cronos: The New Dawn
News Prototype Remaster Could Potentially Be Happening, Evidence Found in PC Version
Hopefully not a prototype for long
Activision's super-powered action series Prototype could be making a comeback, if we're to believe conclusions drawn from updates to the game's PC version. Both titles have received a new patch on Steam for the first time in years (ruining the mod that makes the games run properly in the process), and eagle-eyed...
- Activision
- Prototype
Tuesday30th Sep 2025
News Sony Is a 'Terrible Company' That's 'Blowing It in the Games Business', Says Michael Pachter
Not another one
Business analyst Michael Pachter seemingly really has it in for Sony, as he's now said it's a "terrible company" that is currently "blowing it in the games business". This has followed on from suggestions he made last month of "clueless" management that doesn't know what it's doing. The latest comments were made during an interview...
- Sony
- Industry
Review Dying Light: The Beast (PS5) - The Series at Its Best
Beasty Boys
Dying Light: The Beast is the DLC turned full-blown release from Polish developer Techland. Technically the third entry in a zombie-killing franchise that debuted a decade ago, The Beast brings back original protagonist Kyle Crane, tosses him into a new setting of Castor Woods, and dials up the horror for something much more aligned with...
- Reviews
- Techland
- PS5
- Dying Light: The Beast
News Stellar Blade Ending Extended in New Epilogue Scenes
90 seconds of fresh Xion footage
Seemingly never quite done working on the game, developer Shift Up has pushed yet another free Stellar Blade update live to PS5 and PC today. This time, it has extended one of the three endings with a selection of short epilogue scenes. The clips don't amount to much; they're more comical than anything else and...
- Sony
- PS5
- PC
- Stellar Blade
- Updates
Poll Are You Playing Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles?
A tactical approach
Many have called it the most influential strategy RPG of all time... and now, decades removed from its original PS1 debut, Final Fantasy Tactics has returned. And according to reviews, it's a glorious comeback. The Ivalice Chronicles isn't some kind of ground-up remake, but it is a very carefully considered remaster, packing new...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Final Fantasy
- Polls
- Features
That old chestnut
Ah, the classic strategy of telling fans to buy your upcoming game — or there simply won't be another one. That's the way Koei Tecmo's approaching Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered, apparently. The remaster — which is really more of a remake — was announced during the most recent State of Play, for release in...
- Koei Tecmo
- PS5
- Dynasty Warriors
News Ghost of Yotei-Inspired Tour Brings PS5 Game to Life in Hokkaido
Go back to the Edo period in real life
Just like they did with Ghost of Tsushima, the residents of Japan are embracing this week's PS5 release, Ghost of Yotei, by offering a tour of landmarks and Hokkaido areas the game will have used as inspiration. Available from November 2025, the Ghost of Yotei Hokkaido Tour is a five-hour excursion...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
News Terminator 2D Delayed, Now Fated to Release Late November on PS5, PS4
It'll be back
Publisher Reef Entertainment has announced another delay for its very promising-looking retro action title, Terminator 2D: No Fate. The game, developed by Bitmap Bureau, is now due for release on 29th November 2025 — a delay of just under a month from its previous launch date. The publisher released a short statement, outlining the
- Reef Entertainment
- PS5
- PS4
- Terminator
- Delays
News The Finals' In-Game Energy Drink OSPUZE Just Became a Real Thing You Can Buy
"A magical explosion of fiction meeting reality"
With the recent release of The Finals Season 8 – along with the Stockholm Grand Major – excitement for the game has been steadily brewing, and Embark doesn't plan on allowing it to simmer down anytime soon. The Swedish studio has just announced a collaboration with the drink brand PXL to create a...
- Embark Studios
- PS5
- PS4
- The Finals
- Merchandise
News Another SEGA Baddie Has Been Revealed for Shinobi: Art of Vengeance's Villain DLC
Contemptuous Musashi grunt
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a great revival of the classic SEGA series, and next year a DLC pack will bring fresh reasons to hop back in. Announced back in August, the side-scrolling action game is set to receive the SEGA Villains Stage DLC, which will bring a trio of iconic bad guys to fight from across different SEGA...
- SEGA
- PS5
- PS4
- Shinobi Art of Vengeance
- DLC
News Promising Mountaineering Adventure Cairn Delays the Climb to Early 2026 on PS5
Demo receives update
Cairn, the mountain-climbing game from the makers of Furi and Haven, has been delayed out of 2025. Developer The Game Bakers have announced the game will be released sometime in Q1 of 2026, with no firm date in place. In a social media post, the team says the delay is to "ensure that launches at its best" and this will...
- The Game Bakers
- PS5
- Cairn
- Delays
News The Studio Behind Absolum's Gorgeous Art Is Now Producing an Animated TV Adaptation
Supamonks go all-in on Absolum
Publisher Dotemu and studios Guard Crush Games and Supamonks are soon to release Absolum, the roguelite beat-'em-up with a great hand-drawn style. The latter team is responsible for that art direction as well as the game's animation, and it's always lookd impressive in trailers. Well, we hope you aren't tired of it,...
- Dotemu
- PS5
- PS4
- Absolum
- TV
Monday29th Sep 2025
News Fans Left Speechless as Capcom Locks Street Fighter 6 Finals Behind Paywall
Good luck with that
Every now and then, a big publisher will make a seemingly inexplicable decision that leaves onlookers in a state of disbelief — and this latest move from Capcom is right up there amongst the most baffling. So, every year, Capcom hosts the Capcom Cup for the current iteration of Street Fighter. It takes the world's best players...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Street Fighter
Rumour New PS5 DualSense Controller Will Feature a Removable Battery
More power to you
As Sony reportedly prepares a new PS5 Pro model for release, word on the street is that the company's also got a revised DualSense controller ready to go. This is another rumour that stems from Polish outlet PPE, who previously c
- Sony
- PS5
- Rumours
Guide These 23+ New PS5, PS4 Are Coming Out This Week (29th-5th October)
Ghost of Yotei! Digimon Story Time Stranger! Final Fantasy Tactics!
Good luck to the games launching on 30th September, there's only about 15 to choose from. The big new release this week is Ghost of Yotei, although also spare a thought for Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles and Digimon Story Time Stranger as well. These are all the new...
- Guides
- PS5
- PS4
- Release Dates
- Features
News New PS5 Slim Is Cheaper in Every Way Except the Retail Price, New Teardown Video Reveals
Sony's tightening its belt
Hardware revisions are extremely common throughout PlayStation's history, and while some are more substantial than others, they typically make for consoles that are cheaper to make, and thus cheaper to buy. However, due to global conditions outside the company's control, Sony's latest version of the regular PS5 (the...
- Sony
- PS5
- Hardware
Rumour The Lord of the Rings Is Getting a Game to 'Compete with Hogwarts Legacy'
Good lord
It's been a rough time for Lord of the Rings video game fans; the last few titles have been middling to poor, including Return to Moria, Tales of the Shire, and of course, Gollum. If the rumours are true, however, the next major game in the franchise has the potential to turn around those fortunes. As reported over on Insider Gaming
- Embracer Group
- The Lord of the Rings
- Rumours
News Bethesda Finally Announces Oblivion Remastered Physical Edition Is Real
Deluxe Edition will be printed onto a PS5 disc
Oblivion Remastered will get a PS5 physical version next month, publisher Bethesda has finally confirmed. Speculation of the boxed edition has been doing the rounds since the summer, and now a date has been attached to a physical disc: 13th October 2025. It'll be the Deluxe Edition receiving a physical...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- The Elder Scrolls
News Mega Publisher EA Agrees to $55 Billion Buyout by Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake, Affinity Partners
It's in the game
Electronic Arts — more commonly known as EA — has reached an agreement to be acquired by a group of investors. Said investors are the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. The deal is worth an eye-watering $55 billion. In the most corporate explanation imaginable, the company writes:...
- EA
- Industry
News Square Enix Ain't Going to Revisit Parasite Eve on PS5, But This Chinese Dev Sure as Hell Is
Brea'll be there
Whether you consider it a true Parasite Eve sequel or not, it’s been about 15 years since The 3rd Birthday released on the PSP to a mixed reception. (We loved it, but opinions vary wildly.) We think it’s probably safe to conclude at this point that Square Enix doesn’t really intend to do anything with the franchise for the...
- IceSitruuna
- PS5
- Parasite Mutant
- Announcements
News Final Fantasy 7 Remake's Switch 2, Xbox 'Cheats' Will Also Come to PS5, PC at Some Point
Busted sword
Square Enix calls them "streamlined progression features", but back in the day, we just called them cheats. That's what Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is getting when it launches on Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X|S in January of next year. These new features include toggles for: Infinite HP and MP Deal 9,999 damage on all of...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Final Fantasy
Preview PS5's Most Promising 2026 Shooter Pragmata Is Starting to Take Shape
Dot hack
We’ve played PS5 shooter Pragmata three times now. It’s honestly quite rare these days to get so much hands-on time with a game prior to release, but we think Capcom’s desperate to communicate what sets its latest shooter apart. While on the surface it may look like yet another third-person action affair, as we’ve pointed out on a...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Pragmata
- Previews
- Features
News Official PlayStation Art Book to Mark 30 Years of Gaming History
"A 400 page visual journey through PlayStation history"
Sony has confirmed it's publishing a 400-page art book documenting 30 years of PlayStation history to mark the brand's anniversary. The tome will release in Spring 2026, and it's available to pre-order now from Read_Only Memory. It costs £95, or there's a "The First 30 Years" Deluxe Edition...
- Sony
- PlayStation
- Books
News PS5's Ghost of Yotei Gets Glorious Illustrated Famitsu Cover
Looking sharp
The latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu boasts a particularly striking Ghost of Yotei illustration (thanks, Genki), ahead of the PS5 exclusive's launch in just a few days. Famitsu often snags artwork created specifically for its covers, and we think this one's a beaut. It depicts a very anime-looking Atsu slicing through...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
Tuesday30th Sep 2025
Preview It's Mine's Time to Shine in Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties
We play the all-new expansion included with SEGA's remaster
You never forget your first. And when it comes to Ryu ga Gotoku, many of you will have taken your first taste of the franchise with Yakuza 3. That’s because, in the West at least, it was the first entry in the series to release on Sony’s next-gen system at the time, the PS3...
- SEGA
- PS5
- PS4
- Yakuza
- Previews
Monday29th Sep 2025
Mini Review Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac (PS5) - Fine Remake Won't Set the World on Fire
The Pac is back... again
While best known for his arcade roots, Pac-Man's PlayStation history is arguably best defined by the Pac-Man World trilogy. Following the 2022 remake of the original Pac-Man World, the question on many fans’ minds was whether Pac-Man World 2 would be getting the same treatment. Three years later, Now Production and Bandai...
- Reviews
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac
- Mini Reviews
News Silent Hill F Selling Faster Than Silent Hill 2, Already at 1 Million Units
No longer silent
Konami has confirmed Silent Hill F has already sold over one million copies, meaning it's doing considerably better than last year's PS5 remake of Silent Hill 2. The excellent Bloober Team title managed to surpass one million units within a week, but Silent Hill F is now "growing in shipments at an even faster pace in each region,...
- Konami
- PS5
- Silent Hill
- Sales
News It's Not Fixed Yet, But Borderlands 4 Still Wants You Hyped for Its First DLC Character
The name's C4SH
As developer Gearbox Software works to fix all versions of Borderlands 4 and get the now-delayed Switch 2 edition out, it's still trucking along with DLC plans. The first expansion, titled Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned, is set to arrive in early 2026, and it'll be bundled with the first post-launch Vault Hunter. The new...
- 2K Games
- PS5
- Borderlands
- DLC
News Too Scared to Play Silent Hill F? You Could Consider Reading It Instead
Book off
Are you simply too terrified to play Silent Hill F? Well, you may consider reading it instead. Over in Japan, publisher Konami has announced a novelisation of the latest title, adapted by author Shiro Kuro. The book will follow the story of the game, penned by visual novel legend Ryukishi07, but will allow you to experience it through the...
- Konami
- Books
- Silent Hill
Sunday28th Sep 2025
News Why Did We Never Get Bully 2? Rockstar Co-Founder Dan Houser Explains
Bully for you
Rockstar Games has several beloved IPs under its belt. Grand Theft Auto goes without saying, and Red Dead Redemption has proven massively successful too — but a real fan favourite is Bully, also known as Canis Canem Edit. The action adventure about a boy navigating his life through boarding school was a big hit on PS2, but despite...
- Rockstar Games
- Bully
Saturday27th Sep 2025
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for October 2025?
Plus or minus?
October's always an interesting time for PS Plus, as subscribers tend to be looking towards increasingly busy release schedules and, of course, Halloween celebrations. Fortunately, Sony's understood the assignment on that latter point, as Alan Wake 2 is the undisputed headline act of next month's offering. Remedy's often insane...
- PS Plus
- PS5
- PS4
- Polls
- Features
